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Simple:Press Version 5.5.8Bongo on When We Was Fab hidden Beatles messages.http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p160001
George Harrisonhttp://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p160001Ya, it became world wide once they conquered America (USA), as we all know they were already big in Europe, and here in Canada a few months earlier since England was our Mother Land.

Either way, great song!

]]>Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:56:26 -0600meanmistermustard on When We Was Fab hidden Beatles messages.http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p159611
George Harrisonhttp://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p159611Very well could be. But Beatlemania seemed to suddenly just explode as well even tho it had been brewing for a while if not just in the national press. It went from manic to mania in a very short period of time.
]]>Tue, 17 Feb 2015 01:41:57 -0600Bongo on When We Was Fab hidden Beatles messages.http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p159609
George Harrisonhttp://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p159609

meanmistermustard said
"Arrived like strangers in the night" is probably in reference to the explosion of Beatlemania which caught many off-guard so it appeared that The Beatles came out of nowhere. Either that or the Frank Sinatra song (i'm not being serious on that one).

Isn't that a reference to arriving in N.A. in 1964?

]]>Tue, 17 Feb 2015 01:31:27 -0600meanmistermustard on When We Was Fab hidden Beatles messages.http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p159555
George Harrisonhttp://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p159555Considering the track is an ode to the Beatles i think its unlikely that George would refer to a line or two of Biblical scripture.
]]>Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:54:49 -0600ewe2 on When We Was Fab hidden Beatles messages.http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p159554
George Harrisonhttp://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p159554Could also be an off-the-cuff reference to 1 Thessalonians 5:2 or was it Peter 3:10 "the Lord will arrive like a thief in the night". Rather a naughty joke by George if so.
]]>Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:50:05 -0600meanmistermustard on When We Was Fab hidden Beatles messages.http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p159547
George Harrisonhttp://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p159547I would have thought that ""The microscopes that magnified the tears. Studied warts and all" is more in reference to the press that reported on, examined and analysed every single thing during the Beatle years and onwards.

"Arrived like strangers in the night" is probably in reference to the explosion of Beatlemania which caught many off-guard so it appeared that The Beatles came out of nowhere. Either that or the Frank Sinatra song (i'm not being serious on that one).

]]>Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:37:06 -0600PeterWeatherby on When We Was Fab hidden Beatles messages.http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p159542
George Harrisonhttp://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p159542"Arrived like strangers in the night"

That could be a reference to the early days in Hamburg. They did arrive in the middle of the night, and they were very much strangers to the country.

"The microscopes that magnified the tears
Studied warts and all"

I believe that's a reference to the Get Back/Let it Be sessions -- the camera (microscope) that was supposed to capture the Beatles, in Lennon's words, "warts and all."

]]>Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:27:51 -0600Ron Nasty on When We Was Fab hidden Beatles messages.http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p159474
George Harrisonhttp://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p159474Regarding the "baby blue" in the lyric, I have no doubt, looking at the whole line, "Fab - but it's all over now, baby blue," that it's a nod to his friend, Bob Dylan. George was far too big a fan and friend of Bob not to see he was directly quoting a Dylan title. It can't be denied it's a Dylan title, nor that there were many direct links between Bob and The Beatles, and Bob and George in particular.

Sometimes there's no need to look further then at what's in plain sight.

]]>Mon, 16 Feb 2015 15:08:15 -0600Annadog40 on When We Was Fab hidden Beatles messages.http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p159459
George Harrisonhttp://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p159459

AL Ruano said
He also says 'baby blue', which has to be a reference to For You Blue, no?

It could also be about the Badfinger song since they were also on apple and George produced one of their songs.

]]>Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:59:49 -0600Ahhh Girl on When We Was Fab hidden Beatles messages.http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p159458
George Harrisonhttp://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p159458Welcome to the Beatles Bible, @AL Ruano. We have a similar thread that you might enjoy too: solo songs about Beatlemania.
]]>Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:53:32 -0600AL Ruano on When We Was Fab hidden Beatles messages.http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p159456
George Harrisonhttp://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p159456He also says 'baby blue', which has to be a reference to For You Blue, no?
]]>Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:24:19 -0600Ron Nasty on When We Was Fab hidden Beatles messages.http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p75229
George Harrisonhttp://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p75229I'd say it's reference to somebody who had a huge influence on them, and on George in particular during the later years of The Beatles. I also think it's interesting in being the only obvious reference to something they didn't do (though they did attempt many Dylan songs during the Get Backsessions). To get some of the references I think you have to sideways glance, and I think the Dylan reference is one such case.
]]>Mon, 27 May 2013 19:19:35 -0500fabfouremily on When We Was Fab hidden Beatles messages.http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p75226
George Harrisonhttp://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p75226Nice analysis, Autumn

I get what you're saying, mja, but that's not really a Beatles reference, imo.

Did George ever confirm any of these references individually, or even just one in particular? I don't think I've come across an interview or anything...

]]>Mon, 27 May 2013 18:57:28 -0500Ron Nasty on When We Was Fab hidden Beatles messages.http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p75178
George Harrisonhttp://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p75178A pretty good analysis, Egroeg. The only thing I'd say you missed out is the Dylan reference in "but it's all over now baby blue". It's All Over Now, Baby Blue being a Dylan song, and Dylan's influence having a major impact on the Beatles throughout their career, with George's walk-out during the Get Back sessions even having a Dylan - he'd spent some time with Dylan and The Band in Woodstock during the weeks before, and loved the atmosphere, and then came back to the atmosphere at Twickenham.
]]>Sun, 26 May 2013 20:19:44 -0500Egroeg Evoli on When We Was Fab hidden Beatles messages.http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p75152
George Harrisonhttp://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/george-harrison/when-we-was-fab-hidden-beatles-messages/page-2/#p75152Here's my song analysis:

Back then long time ago when grass was green
Woke up in a daze
Arrived like strangers in the night
Fab - long time ago when we was fab
Fab - back when income tax was all we had (Taxman reference?)

Caresses fleeced you in the morning light
Casualties at dawn (I think in this part of the song there's something that reminds me of the orchestral crescendo of A Day In The Life.)
And we did it all
Fab - long time ago when we was fab
Fab - you are my world you are my ...]]>